Philip Tod
Philip Tod
against consumers controls eu farm flow information potential protect stable
Veterinary controls on the farm and at slaughter, and the flow of information from stable to table, protect EU consumers against any potential risk.
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The aim of these national surveillance programs is to provide early detection of cases of avian influenza, particularly in wild birds and poultry in the European Union.
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We don't have avian influenza in commercial poultry in the European Union and we consider that poultry meat and eggs, especially when properly cooked, pose no risk to human health,
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We are concerned enough that we have instituted this ban to avoid risking importing the disease into the EU from an infected country. But we are not able to say what type of virus we are talking about - or how pathogenic it is.
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There was an extensive discussion on the possibility of the disease spreading into the EU via migratory birds that might pose a risk of spreading the virus. The group concluded that the immediate risk is probably remote or low.
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The Commission has been informed by the European Union reference laboratory ... that the virus isolated in wild birds in Croatia is indeed the H5N1 virus,
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These import measures ... ensure that poultry products on sale in the EU do not pose a risk for consumers.
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The likelihood is that we will have to reintegrate Sweden into the European (testing) regime.
european likelihood sweden
The likelihood is that we will have to reintegrate Sweden into the European regime.
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The European Commission has so far received no information which suggests the UK authorities have breached the requirements. The UK authorities are still investigating the circumstances in this case and the Commission will wait for the outcome of that investigation to properly assess the situation.
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The samples are now expected to arrive at the Community Reference Laboratory late on Friday and so results can only be expected by Saturday afternoon, not before.
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We hope this will rally member states around the authorization process. We want practical improvements in the system.
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I believe the Danish authorities are shortly about to announce that the tests conducted so far are negative.
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Many of those questions are being discussed at ministerial level. You don't get answers to sensitive political questions during an exercise.